bump. Anyone have thoughts on if the two would be ok long term if needed?
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Remember that when it comes to anything but standard common goldfish, what you see today may not and probably won't be what you see in a few months or longer. Especially when it comes to fancy goldfish and calico colored goldfish. I've seen Black Moors turn brown and then gold.. calico's are ALWAYS changing their spots... sometimes getting more spots, sometimes losing a LOT of spots.... and even "gold" goldfish will often get white areas or spots or turn completely white.... so those Ugly Ducklings that you saw could be Beautiful Swans the next time you see them in someone's pond. ;-)Well I still had questions on this one about the fish being OK in the 40 gallon.
Anyhow, I checked the LFS on my way home from work - they had 2 shubunkins, but neither were appealing to me. Both pretty ugly to be honest...
So I'll check back later this week. They should get a new shipment of fish in tomorrow, so maybe they'll get a prettier one. They had some gorgeous koi and comets though! Those will come later though, once the pond is a reality.
Correct... anywhere from 500G to 1,000G per Koi is the minimum amount with 500G requiring more pond maintenance and filter cleaning. BUT... there's always a BUT... the pond size still has to be an acceptable size for a BIG fish like that. Since the minimum length of a Koi pond should be at least 18' long with 24' being my preferred minimum (8X their expected length to give them plenty of swimming room) and that would mean 6' to 9' wide to give them turning room and an average of 4' deep with 6' being preferred to give them some vertical swimming and diving room, the math adds up to... using the smallest numbers above, 18' x 6' x 4' avg. depth = 3,231 gallons and my recommended numbers above, 24' x 9' x 5' avg. depth = 8,078 gallons. So, with the smaller pond numbers, you could have 3 to 6 Koi with 6 meaning LOTS more pond maintenance. With the bigger numbers, you could have 8 Koi and have an easier life to enjoy the pond.I read somewhere that min size was 1000 gal per koi. My plan was one koi and a school of goldfish and perhaps some rosy reds and minnows. I really only wanted one koi to make a pet out of.
Dimensions on the pond at the "small end" are 6' x 6' wide x 3' deep, Dimensions at the "big end" are 8' x 7' wide x 4' deep, with a couple stairs built into this end as well, so that will lower the gallonage a bit. I don't know how accurate those pond calculators are, but I get anywhere from 1700 gallons to 2900 gallons depending on which calculator I use. I'm not sure which to trust??